Municipal Corporation of Bangalore

Bangalore, presently Bengaluru, is a beautiful city and capital of the state Karnataka. It is located in south eastern part of the state, on the heart of Deccan Plateau. This city is considered to be one of the fastest growing metropolises in India.

The Municipal Corporation of Bangalore is commonly known as Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. It was established in the year of 2007. It comprises of 147 wards. Earlier, the municipality was known as Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. It was established in the year of 1949 by merging of 2 municipalities present in the city during that time: THE CANTONMENT AREA & THE CITY AREA. There used to be only 87 Wards in 1991. The number increased to a 100 in the course of four years. Further increase in number was seen in 2007 when 110 village, 1 TMC, and 7 CMCs were included. This resulted in the formation of present day Nagar Nigam Bangalore: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.

According to BBMP, the merging of areas was much needed because of the reasons listed down below: